Judge Tracie Hunter processed through jail

Jan. 15, 2014

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Tracie Hunter was processed Wednesday through the Hamilton County Justice Center following her indictment on nine felony charges.

Her mug shot and fingerprints were taken by Sheriff’s officers.

Hunter, a Hamilton County Juvenile Court judge, was suspended with pay last week by the Ohio Supreme Court after a Hamilton County grand jury handed up indictments accusing her of charges that could send her to prison for 14 years.

Hunter is expected to appear Friday before Hamilton County Common Pleas Court Judge Norbert Nadel to be arraigned. It’s set for 11 a.m. to give Hunter’s Cleveland attorney time to get to Cincinnati.

Hunter is accused of forgery, backdating documents, improperly using her county-owned credit card to pay for legal filings in lawsuits filed against her and improperly helping her brother before and after he was fired as a Juvenile Court worker for punching a teen inmate.

The Enquirer and other media are suing Hunter over access to legal documents and the public courtroom over which she presides. The Hamilton County Public Defender also has 18 lawsuits pending against her, accusing her of not disposing of cases in the time allotted by the Ohio Supreme Court, thereby holding up adoptions, long-term foster care and custody issues.